Active Facilitation: What Do Specialists Need to Know and How Might They Learn It?

Sustained, innovative professional development is now widely acknowledged as essential to the improvement of mathematics instruction in the nation’s schools. In recent years, this recognition has prompted the production of a variety of materials designed to support new teacher development programs. However, with the availability of such materials, serious concerns arise as to the kinds of knowledge required of professional development providers, often teachers who have been assigned Mathematics Specialist roles, and the means by which this knowledge is to be acquired. The authors of this paper address such questions in the context of one professional development seminar, Developing Mathematical Ideas [1]. Our paper builds on the research of Remillard and Geist who identify the potential for learning in those moments of discontinuity—“openings in the curriculum —in which the beliefs, knowledge, and commitments of seminar participants diverge from those of facilitators or materials developers [2]. By looking closely at several such moments. we establish how successful facilitation entails deep content knowledge, awareness of seminar goals, and appreciation of the beliefs and understandings of seminar participants. We then describe the kinds of supports available to DMI facilitators to help them cultivate the skills and knowledge needed to exploit these openings productively. While the paper focuses particularly on professional development seminars. we suggest that our conclusions apply to Mathematics Specialists‘ tasks more generally

Ayudar a los alumnos a aprender cómo aprender. La opinión de un profesor-investigador

Four basic questions are approached in this paper: 1. What we know about how people learn. 2. How we can help students learn to learn. 3. What the obstacles are to helping students learn. 4. What the expectations are for the empowerment of people. The answers, based on the author's experience and on research done at Cornell University refer widely to significant learning, to heuristic learning and to the conceptual maps

4-H Cavy Project

Did you know that a cavy is what we commonly know as a guinea pig? The sheet outlines activity ideas at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of skill; also gives suggestions on how to tie the activity to STEM, healthy living, citizenship, and leadership goals. In the 4-H cavy project you can learn about selecting and raising your animals and more. •Learn the basic principles of animal science by owning, caring for, and keeping records •Explore sound breeding, feeding, and management practices •Learn about breeds and varieties of cavies and their characteristics •Investigate marketing, project expansion, and how you can start a cavy busines

Movies, Memory, and Millennials: How Modern Films Have Influenced the Holocaust

This thesis analyzes how modern Holocaust films affect what millennials know and learn about the Holocaust. In a world that is so technology driven, more and more millennials are turning to alternative methods of learning about a topic - this includes watching films. This thesis looks at how Holocaust films have changed since the late 1940s, and how films have grown less historically accurate. Overall, this thesis sees what millennials learn about the Holocaust through these films

Cut It Out: Conversations with Professional Editors

We know what writers do, but what do professional editors do? Come to this session and learn how editors give shape and clarity to writing, and how they navigate the egos of their clients. The students in this session performed informational interviews with different types of editors, including people whose job is to review manuscripts and people whose job is not to review creative writing but to review important documents that will result in people dying or getting fired if they go wrong. Come to this session and learn about the power of words

The Importance of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Education

It is important for educators, parents and families to know how children learn and what options of early education and curriculum are available. Three theorists and their theories on how children learn and obtain information, the NAEYC\u27s statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice and various preschool\u27s throughout the world and their methods and curriculum is discussed. A perfect preschool method is then proposed using all the previous information to formulate the ideal preschool and curriculum

Scientia Potentia est: The Power of Informational Text [8th grade]

Informational text impacts our lives every day. In order to take advantage of the knowledge these texts offer, we must know how to read and analyze the information they contain. During this unit, the students will learn the elements of informational text, apply their knowledge by reading and analyzing a variety of writings, and demonstrate what they have learned through the composition of informational texts of their own. They will learn just how important informational text is and has been to their lives and how they can use it to communicate knowledge

Blue the Bee Learns to Be Happy

Do you sometimes feel sad or blue and don\u27t know what to do? If so, this book was written just for you! Join Blue the Bee as she travels through Happy Orchard meeting her friends (Flutter, Buzz, Bonita and Ernie) to learn the 7 Happiness Habits. When happiness is a habit, it comes without thinking. You can choose how to spend your day and use your time. You choose how to live your life and what is on your mind. Each page was designed to enjoy at any age. People can become pollinators of happiness in any life stage! This activity book is for all who want to learn to be happy. Learn the 7 Happiness Habits by yourself or with your family! What you decide is ultimately up to you. Download this free happiness guide, have some fun and enjoy the ride

Blue the Bee Learns to Be Happy

Do you sometimes feel sad or blue and don\u27t know what to do? If so, this book was written just for you! Join Blue the Bee as she travels through Happy Orchard meeting her friends (Flutter, Buzz, Bonita and Ernie) to learn the 7 Happiness Habits. When happiness is a habit, it comes without thinking. You can choose how to spend your day and use your time. You choose how to live your life and what is on your mind. Each page was designed to enjoy at any age. People can become pollinators of happiness in any life stage! This activity book is for all who want to learn to be happy. Learn the 7 Happiness Habits by yourself or with your family! What you decide is ultimately up to you. Download this free happiness guide, have some fun and enjoy the ride